DeeR.
Counselor by trade Christian by life.
You said:
“Try to hear what people are actually saying and be less quick to label everybody and their beliefs and you may find you are just reading into what others are saying beyond what is being said.”
And I am telling you that what you think people are saying is not true based on my experience in discussing this topic for 7 years.
I have also specifically studied the Scriptures on the false belief of Eternal Security or Belief Alone for 7 years. It is not to boast, but it is to merely show you that I know this topic fairly well and the different kinds of people and variations of these beliefs.
Oh, and no. A person does not automatically know everything in the Bible overnight. That is simply not true. It takes years of study with God and not at a church or school where they force feed you what they want you to hear.
Are you speaking from your personal belief or from the Bible? If it is from the Bible, we need verses. Oh and if what you say is true, what do you make of the 144,000 who were without fault before the throne of God in Revelation 14:3-5?
(144,000) We are all without fault my friend, Jesus made us spotless without blemish, that does not imply that there are some who did not commit sins... there are none righteous, no not one All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;no one does good,not even one.” So it is the in line with the bible and not my own personal belief.
I never wrote anyone will know everything in the bible overnight. Again try to hear what is being said, not what is not being said. Seek peace and unity and love first in your heart and we will not need to appear as arguing so much.
Churches and schools are not the issue it is our leading and willingness to be led to the right church or place to aid us in study as well.
Stating years of experience doesn't show us to be anything or know anything. I know people who have studied for decades and have no clue. Let us leave behind our credentials and experience to prove our qualifications and let the words we speak be tested by the hearts of the hearers by the Spirit's words.... whether we are fishermen who never studied the scriptures or not
Acts 4:13
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled;
1 Corinth
26Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
20Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified:
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